S.M.A.R.T Scan Help

[MoonKnightBlack]

I recently did a S.M.A.R.T scan in Crystal Disk Info for my laptop hard drive and it was in a good health.I did it again with HDD scan and something is wrong with "SATA Downshift Error Count" and "UltraDMA CRC Errors".I am really not sure what it means, I tried google and read that I need to replace my cables.My Laptop is working perfectly and what should I do? How serious is the problem? 

[unidentical]

So the first error looks symptomatic of the second, which still indicates a problem writing data.

 

I'd say keep an eye on it, may be a one off, if it gets worse you might be in trouble, laptops usually don't have easily replaceable sata cables. Might want to open it up and take a look at what you're looking at for work and parts.

[MoonKnightBlack]

1 minute ago, unidentical said:

So the first error looks symptomatic of the second, which still indicates a problem writing data.

 

I'd say keep an eye on it, may be a one off, if it gets worse you might be in trouble, laptops usually don't have easily replaceable sata cables. Might want to open it up and take a look at what you're looking at for work and parts.

Is my hard drive dying, or is something wrong with the cables? I can replace the sata cable if it helps.

[unidentical]

1 minute ago, MoonKnightBlack said:

Is my hard drive dying, or is something wrong with the cables? I can replace the sata cable if it helps.

Dunno, that's why I suggested keeping an eye on it. If the error count keeps getting worse and you start getting unrecoverable errors then you have something to worry about. 

 

Usually when a hard drive starts dying, if it doesn't just flat line, then it will start making noises and performing horribly before it goes. Since yours is behaving normally use probably not dying.

[MoonKnightBlack]

1 hour ago, unidentical said:

Dunno, that's why I suggested keeping an eye on it. If the error count keeps getting worse and you start getting unrecoverable errors then you have something to worry about. 

 

Usually when a hard drive starts dying, if it doesn't just flat line, then it will start making noises and performing horribly before it goes. Since yours is behaving normally use probably not dying.

Thank you for the help, also what kinds of errors can I expect?